Fireplace ashpan



June 5, 1945. M. J. BEST FIREPLACE ASHPAN Filed Sept. 9. 1942' glARlE L1.v BEST.

Paul A.T11b6l'.

ATTORNEY.

Patented June 5, 1945 Y FIREPLACE ASHIPAN I Marie J. Best, BrnxvilIe, N. Y. Application September 9, 1942, Serial No. 457,705 I 6 Claims. (01. 12 -243) My invention relates to an ash pan for fire places and particularly to an adjustable, removable ash pan suitable for fire places having fire pots as well as andirons. and objects are to provide: I A convenient, adjustable ash pan which is easily removed to empty the ashes or the ashes may be removed through the tuyere opening provided for removing ashes. I

A foldable metal pan for fire places. I I

A metal pan which may be adjustedto suit fire places of various sizes and types.

A universal ash pan for fire places.

I accomplish these and other objects by the Among the purposes construction herein described and shown in the accompanying drawing forming a part hereof, in which: I l I Fig. 1 is a perspective. view showing one of the applications of my device.

Fig. 2 is a plan view.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detail of parts near the center of my ash pan. I

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail of corners. I r I Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail of one of the corners folded. I

Similar reference charactersrefer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawing and in the specifications to follow.

Fire places are made in various sizes and types for coal and wood. The space below the andirons used in fire places for burning wood and also the space below the fire pot or grates used for fire places suitable to burn'coal, is used for my ash pan. This space may vary to a considerable degree in width and depth as regards the front and back of the fire place. It is with this variation in size in view that my ash pan is constructed so that it may be carried in stock and supplied for most fire places.

one of the The fire place may also be constructed with an ash removal and draft duct and tuyere. For the purpose of regulating the draft and for catching ashes, my ash pan is provided with tuyerecovers.

Referring to the drawing, the preferred construction of my ash pan may be understood. It

is'not the purpose of this disclosure to limit the scope of my patent, but rather to illustrate and describe in detail one construction which may be modified in many respects by persons skilled in the art to which this invention pertains without departing from its scope as set forth in the appended claims.

My ash pan preferably comprises the bottom panels I and 2 to which are swingingly secured the back walls 3 and 4, the end walls 5 and B and the frontwalls I and 8. The corner pieces In and II are swingingly secured to each other and to the end edges I2 of the front and back walls.

and the edges I3'of the end walls 5 and E. The panels I and 2 and the front and back walls are of a size and so disposed as to provide an I adjustment of the length of my ash pan. The

panel 2 is sufficiently narrower than the panel I to permit the front wall 8 and back wall 4 to slide within the front wall 1 and back wall 3,-

permitting the parts of one end to telescope to suit the width of a fire place which may be narrower than the width of a fire place requiring the extension of the ash pan to its maximum length. V

Swingingly secured to the inneredge I4 of the opening I5of the panel I is the tuyere cover I6 andlikewise swingingly secured to the inner edge I1 of the center opening I8 of the panel 2 is the tuyre cover I9. The openings I5and I I! in the panels I and 2 provide a means of disposing of the ashes through an opening in the floor of the fire place, not shown, and the covers I6 and I9 may be raised or swung out of the way for this purpose or to regulate the draft through the bottom of the ash pan if desired by admitting air through the floor of the fire place. Thecenter ends of the panels and the covers overlap to permit the adjustment of the length of the ash pan yet provide a center opening or tuyerein the ash pan for such fire places which have a corresponding center opening in thefioor thereof.

The corner pieces disposed at each of the four corners of my ash pan are preferably provided with the hinges 20 which may be formed by tuming the extended tongues 2| back over and around the hinge pins 22 or separate hinges may be secured, permitting the corner pieces to be swung together as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 6. The side and end walls may also be provided with similar hinges permitting the various parts to be swung to a common plane or to any position between a flat sheet to a pan having perpendicular front, back and end walls.

In Fig. 3, in broken lines, I have shown the walls swung a part of the way between their extreme positions of travel. When the walls are. inclined as shown by the broken lines in Fig. 3, the. width and length of my ash pan may be thus further increased.

When the walls are vertical, the corner pieces are disposed inwardly from the corner.

It will be seen that my ash pan may be adjusted lengthwise by telescoping or overlapping the panels I and 2 and center covers and may be further adjusted lengthwise and also sidewise by swinging the walls at an angle from the perpendicular as regards the bottom panels.

The parts may also be laid fiat on a common plane for shipment.

The front and end walls may be fixed and the rear wall may be laid flat on a common plane with the bottom panels. r

The corners may be locked when the walls are perpendicular by the hair pin clips 23 which slip over the top edges and hold the corner pieces folded against each other.

Because of theadjustability and possible wide each other to increase the size of the ash pan and means secured to the inner end edges of said I the other hinged edge, thereby permitting the variations in length and width, my ash pan may be made in a single size which will suit most fire places. Special sizes may be made for fire places of unusual size.

Having thus described the preferred construction embodying my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by letterspatent is set forth in the appended claims.

, I claim: 4 v

1. In a fire place ash pan, having a pair of bottom panels slidably movable in relation to eachv other to change the size of the ash pan, said panels being cutout at their overlapping center end edges to provide a variable center clean out opening and overlapping covers hinged to said panels. at the inner ends of said out out opening to cover said center opening'throughout the range of sizes. of said opening.

2. In: an, ash pan having bottom-panels and sidewalls andjend walls hinged thereto tochange the-size'of the ash pan by swinging the sides and ends upwardly, corner pieces comprising 2. Blurality of substantially triangular pieces hinged oneto the other and to said side and end walls at the end edges, thereby connecting the end edges of, the side walls to the end edges of the end walls when said walls are lowered fromthe per pendicu-lar to said panels.

3. In an ash pan havingtwo bottom panels, one narrower than the other overlapping at one end and both panels having walls swingingly secured thereto and telescoping to change the size of theash pan, said. panels, having a tuyere opening cutout 0f the overlapping center end edges of each panel, said opening being increased in size; when the panels are moved in relation to walls to swing from a plane with said panels to araised position on a plane perpendicular to said panels.

5. In an ash pan having a pair of bottom panels,

hinged upwardly extending walls at the front, back and an end, the narrower panel and its walls telescoping within the walls of the wider panel to adjust the-length of the ash pan, corner pieces I hingedtoall of said walls and one to the other, each of said corner pieces having one of its hinged edges at substantially 45 degrees from theother hinged edges, thereby permitting the walls to swing from a plane with, said panels to a raised position on a plane perpendicular to said panels, said corner pieces foldable and means holding said corner pieces against each other to hold said walls in their raised position by said corner pieces.

6. In an ash pan having a pair of bottom panels, one wider than the other and each having metal hinged upwardly extendingqwalls at the front, back and an end, the narrowerpaneland its walls telescoping withinthe wallsyof the wider panel to adjust the length of the ash pan,

corner pieces hinged to all. of saidwalls; and one MARIE. J. BEST. 

